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José Luis Cuevas Furniture

Mexican, 1934-2017

José Luis Cuevas was a Mexican painter, draftsman, writer, engraver, sculptor and illustrator. Although the biography on his personal site indicates the date of 1934, his older brother, the doctor and psychoanalyst Alberto Cuevas Novelo, has assured that he was actually born in the year 1931. He was known as the "terrible boy" of painting in Mexico, and also had the nickname of Gato Macho. From his first exhibition in Washington in 1954, when he was only 20 years old and from the Washington Post and Time Magazine, he learned to exploit his public image as a macho, seducer of women, and an artist without hair on the tongue. An extraordinary sense of vanity and narcissism led him to photograph himself day after day since 1955. He challenged the Mexican mural movement that dominated at that time and was a prominent member of the Rupture Generation. He was a self-taught artist, with many very marked styles and influences on the dark side of his life, and he frequently distorted figures and generated debates. He was a very controversial character, not only for artistic reasons, but also for his controversies with other writers and artists. In 1992, the José Luis Cuevas Museum was inaugurated, which houses many of his works and his personal art collection in the Historic Center of Mexico City.

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Creator: José Luis Cuevas
Jose Luis Cuevas Aquatint "Lo Feo De Este Mundo II" 1969 Homage To Quevado
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas 1934-2017, Mexican Title: Lo Feo De Este Mundo II (The Ugliness of This World II) From the Homenaje a Quevado Series, 1969 Signed in graphite, Cuevas, low...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Expressionist José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Framed Lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas Small Edition
By José Luis Cuevas
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Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas Title: The tortured ones Medium: Lithograph Edition: 11/20 Date:1965 Sheet size: 22 1/4 x 30 inches Signed, dated and number...
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1960s Mexican Modern Vintage José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Framed Drawing by Mexican Artist José Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ink and watercolor on Paper by José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, b.1934). Featuring characters from a story line inscribed lower left as the following (see ...
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1960s Mexican Modern Vintage José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Framed Drawing by Mexican Artist José Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pencil drawing on paper by José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, b.1934). Entitled "La Esperanza". The work is signed right center and dated 20 Dic. 60 lower right, Silvan Simon Gallery label and inscribed title verso. Sight is 11" by 8.5". With frame is 15" by 19". José Luis Cuevas was a prominent member of the Generación de la Ruptura (Breakaway Generation), who first challenged the then dominant Mexican muralism movement. He remains a distinguished and controversial artist who is known for depicting the darker side of life and the debasement of the human society with often shocking images. He is also known for being an advocate against creating art purely for commercial gain. Provenance: this group of the work on paper by Cuevas is from a collection purchased in 60s from Silvan Simone Gallery, Los Angles, CA. The The Silvan Simone Gallery was founded in 1958 by Silvan Simone, an former co-owner of the Florentine Gallery in Pacific Palisades. Between 1959 and 1967, the gallery showed artists such as Lee Mullican, Gordon Wagner...
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1960s Mexican Modern Vintage José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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José Luis Cuevas Signed Limited Ed. Mexican Lithograph Lo Feo de Este Mundo III
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and oddly alluring large lithograph in colors on wove paper is by renowned Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas (1934-2017). It is titled "Lo Feo de Este Mundo III" and is fr...
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José Luis Cuevas Signed Limited Edition Mexican Lithograph Print Prisoners, 1968
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and oddly alluring large lithograph by renowned Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas (1934-2017) titled "Prisoners." The work features somewhat grotesque, distorted figures (...
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Wood, Paper

José Luis Cuevas "La Maga" 'The Sorceress' 1972 Framed Print
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Point Richmond, CA
José Luis Cuevas (1934-2017) La Maga (The Sorceress), 1972 From The Mexican Masters suite, 1972-73 Paper size: 22.5 inches (57 cm) x 30.5 inches (77.5 cm) Fram...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Jose Luis Cuevas Signed Molaa Museum of Latin American Art Drawing and Sculpture
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Jose Luis Cuevas Signed Molaa Museum of Latin American Art Drawing and Sculpture. Signed and autographed by artist in the exhibition of 2005. Softcover. José Luis Cuevas was a Mexica...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Personaje Sentado / Tinta / Painting / José Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in COYOACAN, DF
José Luis Cuevas Novelo (Mexico City, February 26, 1934-July 3, 2017) 2 known as José Luis Cuevas, was a Mexican painter, draftsman, writer, engraver,...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Paper

Group of Three Works on Paper by Jose Luis Cuevas, framed
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Atlanta, GA
A suite of three ink drawing on paper with writings in Spanish by Mexican artist Jose Luis Cuevas, one of the leading modern artists to break away from the Muralists movement in Mexi...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern José Luis Cuevas Furniture

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Framed Drawing by Mexican Artist José Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ink on Paper fragment by José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, b.1934) laid on cream woven paper and framed. Inscribed "Yo Mutilado" and it is faintly signed and dated Oct 27 - 60 upper right. Silvan Sloane Gallery Los Angeles, CA label affixed verso with the titled "Auto Retrato" (Self Portrait). Sight is 14.5" x 9.5". With frame -18.5"by 24.5". José Luis Cuevas was a prominent member of the Generación de la Ruptura (Breakaway Generation), who first challenged the then dominant Mexican muralism movement. He remains a distinguished and controversial artist who is known for depicting the darker side of life and the debasement of the human society with often shocking images. He is also known for being an advocate against creating art purely for commercial gain. Provenance: this group of the work on paper by Cuevas is from a collection purchased in 60s from Silvan Simone Gallery, Los Angles, CA. The The Silvan Simone Gallery was founded in 1958 by Silvan Simone, an former co-owner of the Florentine Gallery in Pacific Palisades. Between 1959 and 1967, the gallery showed artists such as Lee Mullican, Gordon Wagner...
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